From: Medication-related visits in a pediatric emergency department: an 8-years retrospective analysis
ADR | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect of a drug that occurs at doses used in humans for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or treatment. These will include all reactions when drugs are used at appropriate doses and may include abnormal laboratory values. |
Untreated indication | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect resulting from the failure to treat a known indication |
Improper drug selection | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect due to the use of a drug not optimal in the treatment of a confirmed indication |
Subtherapeutic dosage | Anynoxious,unintended,orundesiredeffectcausedbyfailuretoreceive sufficient drug dosage or duration for a given indication or patient |
Supratherapeutic dosage | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect caused by excessive drug dose or duration for a given indication or patient |
Nonadherence | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect caused by failure to receive a drug as prescribed by a health care provider |
Drug use without indication | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect caused by the use of a drug for which there is no clear indication |
Drug interaction | Any noxious, unintended, or undesired effect caused by the coadministration of 2 or more drugs |